India?s nuclear ambition had been the bone of contention for a very long time. It was asettled belief in our country that the US began to stress the issue of signing the CTBT only inmore recent rounds of talks when the two countries had come close to an agreement on theother issues, including the CTBT, because it is a part of its somewhat browbeating style ofdoing business. But a moment?s reflection would show that there could be anotherexplanation. In the aftermath of Pokhran-ll, when tempers had cooled, the US was predisposedto accept our Prime Minister?s repeated assertions that India intended to arm itself withnuclear weapons only as a deterrent to a nuclear attack or black mail.

Q1. Which of the following statements is false in the context of the passage?

I. Only because of the Pokhran-ll the US had accepted Indian Prime Minister

assertion about India?s nuclear policy.

II. The rounds of talks were being held by at least three countries, the US being the

mediator.

III. Indian Prime Minister has assured the world that it would not initiate nuclear

attack on any nation.

(1) Only I and III (2) Only I and II

(3) Only II and III (4) All the three

Sentence Correction

In question 2 the sentence has four underlined portions marked A, B C and D. Choose the

portion that must be changed for the sentence to be correct.

Q2. Caricature, a type of exaggeration is common used in political cartoons.

(A) (B) (C) (D)

(1) A (2) B

(3) C (4) D

Q3. WORD ANALOGY

ALLAY: PAIN :

(1) awareness : consciousness (2) deaf: dumb

(3) laugh : joke (4) soothe : unnerve

Q4. SYNONYMS :

AUGMENT means ..........

(1) contract (2) influence

(3) capture (4) aggravate

Q5. ANTONYMS

Word nearest to the opposite of ?PROMISCUOUS? is

(1) select (2) casual

(3) eminent (4) distinctive

Q6. Complete the Sentence

Physical fitness exercises can cause injuries ....... the participants are not careful.

(1) if (2) that

(3) to (4) at

SECTION - IIMATHEMATICAL SKILLS

SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Q7. What approximate value should come in place of question mark (?) in the following

equation?

9876 / 24.96 + 215.005 - ? = 309.99

(1) 395 (2) 295

(3) 300 (4) 315

Q8. Annual income of A and B is in the ratio of 4 : 3 and their annual expenses bear a ratio

3:2. If each of them saves Rs. 600 at the end of the year, then annual income of A is

(1) Rs. 1,200 (2) Rs. 2,400

(3) Rs. 1,800 (4) Rs. 4,800

Q9. Divide Rs. 600 among A, B and C so that Rs. 40 more than 2/5th of A?s share, Rs.

20 more than 2/7th of B?s share and Rs. 10 more than 9/7th of C?s share may all be

equal. A?s share than will be

(1) Rs. 280 (2) Rs. 150

(3) Rs. 170 (4) Rs. 200

Q10. Probability

Two girls and four boys are to be seated in a row in such a way that the girls do not sit

together. In how many different ways can it be done?

(1) 720 (2) 480

(3) 360 (4) 240

Q11.A boat running down stream covers a distance of 16 km in 2 hours while for covering

the same distance upstream, it takes 4 hours. What is the speed of the boat in still

water?

(1) 4 km/h (2) 6 km/h

(3) 8 km/h (4) Data inadequate

Q12.Algebra

The value of n is

(1) 35 (2) 36

(3) 37 (4) 40

Q13. Mensuration

A horse is tethered to one corner of a rectangular grassy field 40m by 24m by a rope

14m long. Over how much area of the field can it graze?

(1) 154 m2 (2) 308 m2

(3) 150 m2 (4) None of these

Q14.A polygon has 44 diagonals, which the number of its sides is

(1) 11 (2) 9

(3) 7 (4) 5

Q15.The square root of

0.09 + 2 x 0.21 + 0.49 is

(1) 49 09 . + (2) 2 21 .

(3) 1 (4) .58

Q16.The value of is 08 . 0 3 0000729 . 0 3 + is

(1) 0.1 (2) 0.5

(3) 0.6 (4) 0.8

SECTION - IIIDATA ANALYSIS & SUFFICIENCY

SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Directions (Qs. 17 to 18): These questions are based on the graph below. Read the graph

and answer these questions

Percentage Profit earned by Two Companies A and B over the given years

Q17.Expenditure of Company B in 1996 and 1997 are Rs. 12 lakh and Rs. 14.5 lakh

respectively. What was the total income of Company B in 1996 and 1997 together

(in lakh Rupees}?

(1) 39.75 (2) 37.95 (3) 38.75 (4) 38.5

Q18.If the expenditure of Company A and B in 2000 were qual and the total income of the

two companies was Rs. 5.7 lakh. What was the total expenditure of the two companies

in 2000 ?

(1) 4 lakh (2) 2 lakh (3) 4.2 lakh (4) Data inadequate

SECTION - IVINTELLIGENCE & CRITICAL REASONING

SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Q19. Spatial Diagrams

Fill in the blank in the series

Q20.In a group of 36 persons, a total of 16 take tea while, 9 take tea but not coffee. How

many persons in this group take coffee but not tea?

(1) 27 (2) 20

(3) 25 (4) 11

Q21.Alphabetic Series

What is the next letter in the series a, c, b, d, e, ?

(1) h (2) g

(3) i (4) j

Q22. Numeric Series

Direction: Find the missing number

3 5 8 7

4 6 4 6

5 2 2 3

58 58 62 ?

(1) 126 (2) 122

(2) 128 (4) 124

Q23.If TAIL is coded as VCKN, how is PEACE be coded in the code language?

(1) RGCEG (2) QFBDF (3) RDZBD (4) QECEG

Q24.Deductive Logic/Inductive Logic

Although the time taken by earth to spin once around its axis is 23 hours 56 minutes,

the time from one noon to next noon is 24 hours. This discrepancy is due to the fact.

Directions:Two statements are given followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusions are definitely drawn from the given statements.

Give 1 if only I follows Give 2 if only II follows

Give 3 if neither I nor II follow Give 4 if I and II both follow

Q26.Statements

In a Golf Club, all the members are not active players of the game but all of them are